Mrs. Kreiselman, Biology

THINK GLOBALLY ACT LOCALLY!!

Check out the links below. They are organized by topics, but several can be used for more than just one topic. These are just some of many possible links, so do not limit yourself only to those your teacher found!

Global Warming	Resources Depletion - Water	Wildlife - Biodiversity
• Deforestation	• Los Angeles DWP	• Wildlife Magazine
• A Window to my environment	• Water Recycling - From EPA	• Sierra Club - About habitat losses
• Environmapper	• Well locator - by zip code	• Algae Bloom in California
• Methane gas: The largest contributer to the greenhouse effect!	• Hydrologic Report by Dept. of Public Works (Proffesional but gives an idea of topics)	• Human threats to wildlife in California
• Photos of "Early Signs for Global Warming"	• Seawater barriers - background	• "Currents" magazine by Heal the Bay
	• Hydrologic reports - by year
	• Be Water Wise - good background for non-proffesionals!
	• Watering index - how to plan garden watering
	• MWO - Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Source for articles liike the boklet I brought to class!
Air Quality	Resource Depletion - Energy
• Air Quality Forecast	• California Dept. of health services - greta articles, including about water recycling.
• Pollution locator - and more!	• The fossil fuel depletion crisis
• San Fernando - Environment facts!!!	• Los Angeles Project of wind-powered energy
• Pesticides from LA Times - Just Published!!!	• California ISO organization - about power conservation
	• LA Times Search results for "alternative energy"
	• California Energy Program


	• Water Sources - good background!
	• The Port of Los Angeles - Environmental Mitigation Prpgram
		Invasive Species
		• Invasive Species in California
		• Invasive Species in California
Water Quality		• Don't plant a pest - Invasive Garden plants in California
• The Port of Los Angeles - water conservation issue	Over Population	• California Fish and Games - invasive species
• Scorecard - pollution information card	• Facing the Future
• San Fernando Environment!!!!	• US Census
• Pesticides from LA Times - Just Published!!!	• Quickfacts from the US Census - about Los Angeles
• From MWD (Metropolitan Water District of Southern California) - Great resource to understand ground water and contamination! High-school level articles..	• San Fernando Valey Statistics and Facts (Good for almost everything!!!)
• From Californai Department of Health Services - lots of articles abotu water quality!	• World human population throughout history - check it out!
• Fro EPA: Articles about drinking water
		Beaches
		• Heal the Bay - lots of information!
		• Beach Erosion Control - by California Government
		• "Currents" - Magazine of Heal the Bay: full text artiles, just like those that I brought to class!

Mrs. Kreiselman, Biology

Environmental Links

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